摘要 |
PURPOSE:To enhance transfer properties and to prevent abrasion smearing by providing an undercoat layer based on a resin having a specific glass transition point and/or wax having specific penetration to the upper surface of a heat-resistant base material and providing a heat-meltable ink layer to the upper surface thereof. CONSTITUTION:An undercoat layer having function having enhanced transfer properties and covering a transferred heat-meltable ink layer to protect the same is provided between the base material and heat-meltable ink layer of a thermal transfer recording medium. The undercoat layer is based on a resin and/or wax and, as the resin component, one or more kind of a resin having a glass transition point of 70 deg.C or less such as an ethylene-vinyl acetate copoly mer, an acrylic resin or an ethylene-acrylic copolymer is used. As the wax, one or more kind of one having penetration of 5 or less (at 25 deg.C) such as carnauba max. montan wax or candelilla wax is used. With respect to the pref. compounding of the resin and the wax, the resin is 0-50wt.% and the wax is 50-100wt.%. |